There are special conditions to buy Chelsea, revealing the top 3 candidates

The party in charge of selling Chelsea has given special conditions to reduce the number of buyers.

club Chelsea currently in the process of finding a new owner to replace Roman Abramovich, after the Russian billionaire had his assets frozen in England and was stripped of control of the club. Currently, the transfer of owners at Chelsea is being overseen by a British government panel and Friday to March 18 is considered the deadline for a bid to buy the club.

Abramovich is unable to control the sale of Chelsea, but the Raine Group will help the team move into the hands of a partner who knows how to run the sports club.

Currently, the American banking group Raine Group is being entrusted with the sale of Chelsea and the London Evening Standard recently quoted an anonymous source as saying that there have been special conditions to limit the number of people asking to buy. CLUB. “The Blues” is attracting a lot of offers but not all investors will be accepted.

The source said that Raine Group’s priority will be for buyers who have experience in owning and operating professional sports clubs. Raine Group did this not only for the British government but also for Abramovich (who chose Raine Group before the assets were frozen), that Chelsea must belong to the new owner who knows how to manage and has experience in the field. the upgrading of the team’s infrastructure, especially the stadium.

And that means now the number of candidates is shrinking with the 3 rated parties having the highest chance of buying Chelsea. The first is the Ricketts family in the US, they own the Chicago Cubs baseball club and have experience with the stadium when they spent more than $ 550 million to upgrade Wrigley Field, one of the most beautiful stadiums in baseball. American professional MLB.

The Ricketts family’s Chicago Cubs Club won the World Series in 2016

The second party is billionaire Woody Johnson holding the New York Jets club playing in the NFL football tournament. Mr. Johnson ran the club from 2000 to 2017 and the Jets won playoff tickets in 6/10 of the 2000s season, but the club has been absent from the playoffs since moving to a new stadium in 2010. In 2017. Johnson became the US Ambassador to the UK and let his younger brother Christopher run the club but unsuccessfully, he expired his ambassadorial term after 2021 and has now returned to running the Jets.

The third party is billionaire Todd Boehly, who holds shares in the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball club, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball club and holds a power part in the Los Angeles Sparks women’s basketball club. But unlike the two candidates mentioned above, Mr. Boehly has never held full control of any club but is like an investor in sports.

The Ricketts family’s bid and plan for Chelsea is being appreciated by the three candidates for clarity, but until next Friday there will still be time for the remaining parties to convince Raine Group, not to mention the possibility of new investors appearing. It can be said that Chelsea is highly likely to belong to a new American owner, but whether it will be a “new Glazer house” or a success like Fenway Sports Group in Liverpool, time will tell.